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When a “career by the book” falls apart, Improvise

January 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

Patricia Ryan Madson was Head of Stanford University’s Undergraduate Acting Program and has taught a generation of students in all disciplines how they can bring the lessons of Improv Theatre into their lives. She has written a fantastic book that summarizes this philosophy: Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up. In her 20s, when she […]

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Tags: Career Advice · Creative Jobs · Education · Teaching

Leaving the Barber to come home

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: Career Advice · Entrepreneur · Mid-Life Career Change · Teaching

Broker, Teacher, “Wealthy Barber”

May 7th, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: Education · Entrepreneur · Teaching

Have great jobs, and leave before you hate them

March 4th, 2008 · No Comments

In the third part of our interview, Angelina Corbet talks about her transitions into and out of the corporate world, and finds out that understanding yourself can be a great way to find a new career. “Having the corner office. Having the salary. Then saying, ‘Oh God, is this really all that there is?’” This […]

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Tags: Corporate Jobs · Mid-Life Career Change · November Newsletter · Sales · Teaching

Leaving teaching, finding teacher within

March 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

In the second part of our interview, Angelina Corbet talks about early influences, her childhood dream careers, and how she joined and left teaching only to have it work its way back into the core of her work. “That was probably the hardest transition because I had to let go of the idea that I […]

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Tags: Mid-Life Career Change · November Newsletter · Teaching